Performer: Harriet Krijgh

This week’s subscription concerts of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra featured only British music that was composed in the last century; three very different works in terms of compositional approach and musical language.

Sofia Gubaidulina has always been drawn to non-traditional sounds, something which invariably landed her in trouble during the Soviet era. The bayan, a 200-button Russian accordion, became the source for many of those sounds in solo and concerted pieces. “It breathes,” she has said, possessing an “earthy quality like no other instrument”.

Harriet Krijgh and Gustavo Gimeno excel in their Liverpool debuts, and the RLPO earn a rapturous reception for a ravishing Scheherazade, destined to remain long in the memory. 

Das Orchester bestach unter der Leitung seiner ehemaligen Chefdirigentin mit der elegischen Uraufführung eines ukrainischen Werks und einer opulenten Symphonie fantastique.

La Sinfónica de Galicia cierra la temporada con un intenso viaje desde la música de Sofia Gubaidulina a la Cuarta sinfonía de Brukner, un magnífico y exitoso colofón a un ciclo lleno de momentos inolvidables.

Dernier concert d'une tournée capitale dans l'histoire du Quatuor Artemis, qui voit la moitié de son effectif se renouveler après trente ans de carrière.